Born to a judicial council in Wiesbaden, Scholz graduated grammar school and pursued law as a career.

Finally, in 1895, Scholz graduated from Heidelberg University, thus completing his academic career and earning him a Doctorate in law.

Scholz was a veteran of the First World War, enlisting in the Reichswehr in 1914, getting wounded that same year and earning the position of major before retiring.

Scholz wrote about German mortgage law and the municipal taxation system in Prussia as well as authoring a legal book for cooperatives.

He retired from the Reichstag in 1930, presumably for health reasons; this signalled the end of his political career and his life, he died at 58 the capital, Berlin.